with the city of Townsville, Ingham town, and Cardwell among the worst hit by flash floods and overflowing rivers. “To see the level of devastation in that community is very difficult ...

Almost 700 rescues had been carried out in New South Wales by Friday morning as record-breaking rainfall pounds the state.

Northeastern Australia is grappling with an unprecedented outbreak of the tropical bacterial infection melioidosis, which has ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Monsoon rains unleashed flooding in Australia’s Queensland that have claimed the lives of two people as the week-long deluge dropped months of rainfall in a few days ...

Northern Queensland has been lashed by rainfall so severe it has left one town underwater, a crocodile on a front doorstep and pub-goers needing boats to get a drink - and the deadly floods are ...

The low-cost carrier is upgauging from A320s to A321neo LRs on the route between June and October this year, which will add a ...

Ingham, Cardwell and Townsville saw more than 200mm in the ... Ingham was one of the worst-hit areas in the February floods, with two lives lost in floodwater that also damaged roads and shut ...

The Townsville Public Health Unit said the elderly ... residents to take precautions in the clean-up efforts following the floods. “It’s important to wear gloves, shoes and protective clothing ...

An elderly woman wearing a green shirt, had been seen slipping and falling in the murky waters around The Lakes, the Courier Mail reported. Queensland Fire and Rescue Inspector Damien Phillips ...

John Duric lives in one of Townsville's "black zones" - but has ... Crucial highway cut off as Australian floods worsen For Daniel Watts, walking the dog with his family, there's a glimmer of ...